Ships & Modules

Trickiest thing in EVE is figuring out which posts are still valid, and which are talking about mechanics that have been totally revamped.

Keep in mind what each of the major expansions have added/tweaked and it's a lot easier to weed out the... I don't want to say BS because it may have once been valid... but yeah. Just as a few examples:

- A lot of threads on ship popularity/fits from frigs through battleships are irrelevant now due to tiericide. If fitting advice is older than a year, ignore it.
- Anything referencing "Winmatar" for PvP is probably outdated. They're good, but not OP as they used to be.
- Armor is no longer inferior to shields like it used to be due to changes around Retribution. Shield fleets are no longer the rule in PvP, and armor fits have gained much in popularity. I'm not saying armor is better or shields aren't good- I'm just saying the dramatic imbalance has lessened.
- The old racial bonuses are totally gone. As a few people pointed out, Jita became the main market hub in part due to many people rolling Caldari pilots. This no longer holds true. Which is why I said originally that just because it remains the major hub doesn't mean Caldari is still the most popular race.

Totally off topic but I am a 3 char Achura

Yes. I argued in the previous initial and followup threads in F&I concerning the tech I ewar frigs that these ships should have been given the large bonus ecm boat treatment, and the ewar modules themselves a nerf in base strength.

As long as turrets have a working (and very well working) dedicated counter module and missiles have none this game favors missiles and is imbalanced. I'm talking specifically about solo and small gang. Against a missile boat you simply have to tank or try using piloting to mitigate damage. Against turrets you can do both as well and in addition you could have a module fit that specifically fubars your opponents' turrets.

Defenders are broken crap, and require a ship to have a launcher as well which many ships so not have. Smarties are not effective in a solo and small gang skirmish against missiles and are in fact more harmful to drones.

In a large null sec fleet engagement a smartie firewall can be used as an attempt to mitigate massed missile damage. However the continued success of missile boats, as demonstrated by their supremacy on the eve-kill top twenty, indicate that such is apparently not effective enough to deter the heavy use of missiles.

If either a script or sister module to the TD was introduced to the game to alter the range or explosion stats on enemy missiles it would do a lot to balance the weapons. Additionally, as you say, the balancing team should review the strength of non-ecm ewar on non-dedicated ships. TDs, Damps, and Painters could use a reduction in base strength and the dedicated ships an increase in ship bonus for those ewar modules to compensate.